David ltjbin



(No Model;)

D.. mmm

PIN.

Patented. May Z, 1882.

UNrTED STAf-.frns

PATENT amica,

" DAVID LUBIN, OF SACRAMEN'IO CITY, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALE' o TO HARRIS WEINSTOGK, OF SAME PLAC-E.

Pibh' o srn'crrrca'rro'n forning part of Letters Patent No. 257,851, zima May a, 1'882,

Application filed February 1, 1882. (-No model.)

. inento City, in the county of Sacramento, and

i of'the pin that it will odery the 'least possible in the State of California, have invented certain new'and useful Improvements in Pius; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', ref: erence being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

. .This invention relates to certain An'ew and usefulimprovements in pins' for holding'or fastening garments together; and it consists, first, in so forl'ning the head lthereof that its upper or outer surface will conform as nearly as possible to the shape or confi'guration of the finger, that the pin may be forced into unusually thick and heavy geods with little or no serious discomfort 'to thexoperator;` and, secondiy, in-so forming or shaping the shauk resistance in its passage through the goods.

In the accompanyiulg,` Vdrawings, forming a part of this specificatlon, andon which like letters of reference indicate similar parts, Figure 1 is a perspective'view of my improved pin; `Fig'. 2 is a verticai scctional view of the same Fig. 3 is a cross-section thercof; and Fig. 4, a perspeotive view' of a modification of my device,`showin'g the improved concaved head `and the ordinary' cylindrical point or shank.

The letter designates the head of the pin,

which is of about the usual diametcr, or which may be, if'fonnd preferable, somewhat larger) than is ordinarily used, the upper or outer face' whereof is concaved, as shown. The ldegree of this concavity isiregulated accordingfto the size of the head and shank of the'pin 3 but in no case is it so deep or of so shorta radius as to present a sharp vperiphery to the head, as

the latter would frustrate the object a'nd aim of my invention, which is to so curve the concavity as to resemblelthe eonfiguration or shape of thevfinger as nearly as ,prac'ticable, and to avoid the unpleasant and sometimes serious effect of forcing a pin through heavy material or several layers of lighterl goods. The

head of a pin, as ordinarily constructed, by reason of its 'convexity', forms practically a blunt point, the tendency and4 actual result of which is, when pressed hard upon by the finger, to part the skin and force its way into the same. Theeopposite to this result is the effect produced by using my improved pinhead, for as the old pin-head, as above stated, parts the skin and works its way into the same, so by mine, owing to its being of the 'op-` posite shape, the opposite result is efl'ected and the skin gathered and drawntogether,

-and the whole diameter of thelhead utilized in this the object for which it is' really intended. w

-Theletter B indicatcs the shank of the pin, which forms the second part of my invention, and which is grooved longitudinally on its "sides, forming in cross-section an equilateral triangle whose sides or faces are curved or concaved, the corners or edges whereof are suficiently reduced to prevent cutting the goodS by reason of any sharpness'.

The old or-ordinary pin shank or body, being cylindrical in form, has a greater area iu cross-section than a shank made according to my invention of the same diam'eter, which, having less area, consequently necessarily offers less resistance while being forced into the goods. F urther,'a pin-shank constructed in the manner herein claimed and set forth is also Stronger, and therefore much less liable to bend than 'that constructed after the manncr of the old form. Hence another improved result attending the use of my invention. In

some instances', however, I may desire to use' the cylindrical sha'nk and my improved concave head combined, or my triangular coucaved'pin-shank and the ordinary convexed or common pin-head. o Having thus fully describcd my invention `and its objects and advantages, and having .pointed out wherein it is distinguished from what has heretofore been known, what I desi re to claim and secure by Letters'Patcnt is- 1. Asa new article of manufacture, a pin for holding garments together, having its head concaved lon the upper face thereof and its sha'nk or body of trja'ngular form iu cross-sec- In testimony 'whereof I afixmy signature,n tion and longit'udnally groo'ved,as shown and presnce of two-witnesses, this 318i; day of described. January, 1882.. x

2. As a new article. of manufacture, a pin DAVID LUBIN.

5 for holding garments, having a triangular Witnesses:

' shank in cross -section and' longitudinally OHA'S. DQDAVIS,

grooved, as shown and described. H. AUBREY TOULMIN. 

